An Expensive War For Russia
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Armored Personnel Carrier destroyed at Battle of Konotop, Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Konotop_06.jpg (Attribution: ZomBear, Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Since the beginning of the Russia invasion of Ukraine, in about a week, the Ukrainian army has destroyed roughly 331.2 billion worth of RUB or $3 billion worth Russian military equipment, according to a report of Pravda of an assessment by Forbes Ukraine. Forbes used open source data to estimate per unit, e.g. cost of a tank was estimated at $4 million. These equipment includes 33 planes, 37 helicopters, 251 tanks, and 939 armored combat vehicles. Destroyed tanks costed Russia $1 billion US and $0.06 billion for armored combat vehicles. Destroyed planes and helicopters add up to $1.1 billion.
Russian forces continue to push deeper into Ukraine. Thousands seek shelter, while others volunteer to fight. We’re on the ground in Kyiv as events unfold, in the video published on March 4, 2022, “On the Ground in Ukraine: A VICE News Tonight Special Report“, below:
CNN has geolocated video appearing to show the destruction of Russian military vehicles by Ukrainian forces on the edge of Kyiv, Ukraine, in the video published on Feb 27, 2022, “Video appears to show Russian vehicles destroyed after battle“, below:
Ukrainian Armed Forces shared a video showing a Russian helicopter being shot down. CNN geolocated this video. The area where it was filmed includes a base where the Russians have been running helicopter operations and has recently been under attack by Ukrainian forces. CNN has been unable to verify when this happened, in the video published on March 6, 2022, “Ukraine releases video of Russian helicopter being shot down“, below:
Destroyed Russian military equipment in Ukraine. Trucks, tanks, guns, multiple rocket launchers, infantry fighting vehicles, K52 helicopter, in the video published on Feb 28, 2022, “28 Feb 2022 – Destroyed military equipment in Ukraine during the three days of WAR*WTA“, below:
Ukraine troops destroy Russian military equipment in Irpin as the two conflicting sides continue to battle while the delegations of two countries are to begin peace talks, in the video published on Feb 28, 2022, “Ukraine TroopsDestroy Russian Military Equipment In Irpin As Russian Attack Intensifies“, below:
Russia has insidiously attacked Ukraine. Vladimir Putin hoped to seize our country in a few days. However, he did not succeed. Exactly the opposite . Ukrainian military destroys the invaders. The same happened to the Russian convoy of equipment in Kharkiv, in the video published on Feb 28, 2022, “Destroyed Russian military column right in the middle of Kharkiv“, below:
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